General Information

Serial #

685110

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wooden box leather handle; steel fasteners; aluminum plate; hinges & screws possibly brass; felt cushions inside; meter & probe predom. plastic with glass windows, non-ferrous metal screws & fabric coated cables; rubber legs

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.2 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Height

15.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ETEI

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil/ flux is the rate at which electromagnetic energy flows through a surface/ magnetic flux density is measured in Gauss units/ this unit, given its association with a camera used for surveying & phtoogammetry, is possibly a.k.a. an earth magnetometer, which may have been used to measure the strength of the earth's magnetic field at several points on a land surface along a grid pattern, from which a map could be made

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

engraved lettering on plate near handle reads: "CANADIAN AERO/SERVICE/20"; lettering printed on face of dial reads: "GAUSS/E.T.E.I. LTD./MODEL NO./23/SERIAL NO./685110"; numbering stamped into edge of box: "685110"; lettering on adhesive label affixed to underside of lid reads: "WY0023 FLUXMETER No. 1/INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE/1. Check the zero setting of both movements./2. Depress the button on the probe movement and check what full scale/deflection of the calibrated movement is attainable on all ranges./3. Turn the control knob of the panel fully anti-clockwise and insert the probe/into the gap of the magnet to be measured observing the following precautions/(a) Centralize the probe movement in the gap by means of the/concentric circles on the sides of the moulded case./(b) Align the probe so that the sides of the moulded case are/parallel to, and dqui-distant from, the pole faces of the magnet./4. Depress the button on the probe movement, and adjust the control knob on/the panel for full scale deflection of the probe movement. (If the probe/movement goes backwards, reverse its terminal connections.) Read off the/field on the appropriate scale of the calibrated movement."

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. black meter & probe with clear windows covering white dial faces; medium brown box with dark brown handle; brass & metallic silver fasteners; silver plate; green interior cushions

Decoration

none